booming

adjective

boom·​ing ˈbü-miŋ 

1

: making a loud deep sound

his booming voice

2

: growing or expanding very quickly

a booming business

3

: forcefully or powerfully executed

hit a booming serve

Synonyms

• blaring
• blasting
• clamorous
• clangorous
• deafening
• earsplitting
• loud
• piercing
• plangent
• resounding
• ringing
• roaring
• slam-bang
• sonorous
• stentorian
• thundering
• thunderous

Examples of booming in a Sentence

We're not benefiting from the country's booming economy.

Suddenly the children heard Grandpa's booming voice demanding that they get down from the roof.

a tennis player with a booming serve

Recent Examples on the Web

These same tariffs may also take a booming economy and turn it into a recession. —Matt Egan, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025

Critics wasted no time trashing Trump’s odd comparison of the currently booming American economy to an ailing patient on the operating table. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025

Which explains the title of Carter’s new memoir: When the Going Was Good is a look back to how things were in the once booming magazine business. —John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025

It is aided by a booming economy, ample tourism and positive net migration. —Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for booming

• blooming
• fuming
• grooming
• looming
• rooming
• zooming
• assuming
• consuming
• costuming
• presuming
• resuming
• subsuming

Kids Definition

booming

adjective

boom·​ing ˈbü-miŋ 

1

: making a deep sound

his booming voice

2

: forcefully or powerfully done

hit a booming serve